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$ 1,546.07
TOWN OF WESTFORD BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1921
LIABILITIES
ASSETS
Cash on Hand and in Office.
$1,813.32 30.00
Revenue Loans
Appropriations, 1921, Brought For-
Cash at Library ..
10.00
ward-
$ 1,853.32
Electric Lights
$ 335.00
Accounts Receivable --
Taxes-Levy of 1921 .
2,112.68
Whitney Playground Income ...
160.66
Special Assessments-
Metcalf Monument Income ....
128.00
Moth, 1921 .
65.50
Whitney Shade Tree Income ...
179.85
Due from State-State Aid ... .
279.00
Cemetery Income .
349.58
Appropriations, 1921, Overdrawn-
School-Forge Village-Loan ..
231.34
General Fund
22.39
Equipment-Forge Village School Loan .
93.64
Fire Department
238.79
Forest Fires
161.47
School at Brookside
25,000.00
Groton Road
1,110.75
Charities
623.79
Notes and Interest
1.50
Interest on Revenue Loans .... 1,686.39
Tailings Account (cancelled checks) .
38.76
Loans Authorized
30,000.00
Overlay, 1921, for abatement of taxes Special Assessment Revenue-Moth. Excess and Deficiency
1,199.94
$38,155.58
$38,155.58
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Equipment and Ground -- Brook- side School
4,930.85
31,419.21
3,845.08
1,431.97
65.50
$4,000.00
Cash at Town Farm
Library Income .
10.29
DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Bonded Debt
$17,100.00
Frost School House Loan
$1,000.00
Forge Village School House Loan .. 5,900.00
Graniteville Road Loan . 1,600.00
Groton Road Loan ..
5,000.00
Motor Apparatus Loan
3,600.00
$17,100.00
$17,100.00
TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS
Trust Fund Cash and Securities ...
$29,170.25
Library Trust Funds
$4,150.00
Trust Fund Income Cash and Se-
Whitney Shade Tree Funds 2,500.00
curities
2,708.30
Metcalf Monument Funds .. 2,000.00
Whitney Playground Funds
10,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds ....
10,520.25
$29,170.25
Library Funds Income ...
$ 100.59
Metcalf Monument Fund Income ..
209.56
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
Income
2,398.15
2,708.30
$31,878.55
$31,878.55
NOTE -- The overdraft on the Groton Road will be taken care of by the State.
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD W. HILDRETH, Town Accountant.
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$31,878.55
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List of Jurors Prepared by the Selectmen of Westford.
NAME
OCCUPATION
Buckingham, William F.
Machinist
ADDRESS Graniteville Westford
Burke, George H.
Farmer
Butterworth, William L.
Carpenter
Carlisle
Carkin, Warren E.
Carpenter
Westford
Caunter, Franklin R.
Machinist
Graniteville
Charlton, Arthur L.
Machinist
Graniteville
Charlton, Frank E.
Carpenter
Graniteville
Daley, Hugh
Wool Sorter
Forge Village Coldspring
Gregory, Frank
Weaver
Littleton Common
Gould, Horace E.
Farmer
Westford
Gumb, Harry M.
Retired
Westford
Heald, Jesse C.
Farmer
Westford
Hildreth, Arthur G.
Farmer
Westford
Howard, John H.
Farmer
Westford
Jordan, Frederic A.
Surveyor
Westford
Lundberg, Axel G.
Monument Dealer
Westford
McCoy, Fred L.
Farmer
Westford
McGlinchy, Michael L.
Clerk
Graniteville
Nutting, Edgar F.
Painter
Graniteville
Prescott, E. Clyde
Farmer
Westford
Rockwell, Guy L.
Carpenter
Westford
Rosenberg, Samuel
Retired
Westford
Seavey, Homer M.
Farmer
Westford
Sullivan, James P.
Farmer
Westford
Whall, George E.
Retired
Westford
Wheeler, Clifford S.
Farmer
Westford
Whitney, Nathaniel R.
Weaver
Westford
Williams, William P.
Farmer
Westford
Wilson, T. Arthur E.
Farmer
Westford
Wright, Ernest T.
Farmer
Westford
OSCAR R. SPALDING, SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, FRANK L. FURBUSH,
Westford, January 12, 1922.
Selectmen of Westford.
Fletcher, Walter W.
Truck Driver
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Treasurer's Report
Balance on hand January 1, 1921.
$
1,991.29
Receipts to June 30, 1921 52,695.68
$ 54,686.97
Balance on hand June 30, 1921 $ 2,907.64
Total payments to date 51,779.33
$ 54,686.97 SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, FRANK L. FURBUSH, OSCAR R. SPALDING, Selectmen.
Balance in treasury July 1, 1921
$
2,907.64
Receipts to December 31, 1921 144,749.52
$147,657.16
Balance an hand December 31, 1921. $ 1,813.32
Total payments to date 145,843.84
$147,657.16
L. W. WHEELER, Treasurer.
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Tree Warden's Report.
During the past year I have taken out several large dead trees
The ice storm in November was a very serious thing for all trees. At this time there was about two weeks spent on trimming by me, then the money gave out, so that the work had to be stopped.
At the present time there is a great deal of work that should be done on the trees.
I would suggest that a sum be raised for that purpose.
H. L. NESMITH, Tree Warden.
Board of Health Report
The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1921 :
The Board wishes to thank the people of the Town for their co-operation with the Board and its agents for the past year.
This year, as last, the greatest portion of the health work in the Town has been carried out by the Public Health Nurse.
Before considering her report which appears below, attention is called to the following. The old public dump on the back road from Pine Ridge Station to Graniteville has been closed, and the ground it occupied picked up and cleared. Through the kindness of Mr. Oscar Spaulding, a piece of land, out of sight from the road and a little to one side of the old dump, was given to the Town to use for a public dump. This was surveyed and a road cleared for an approach.
This coming year, if possible, we should like to make use of part of our appropriation in cleaning up another dump on the same road, which at present is in a very unsightly, as well as unsanitary, condition.
This year the Board felt that it would become a more efficient body if one with medical knowledge were connected with the Board. So, early in the year, it appointed Dr. Fabyan Packard, Board of Health Physician.
By word of explanation regarding the large unexpended balance of this year's appropriation, two hospital cases were quite unexpectedly dismissed the first part of the year, and this year's quarantine reimbursements have been comparatively slight. In November, $600 of the Board of Health's appropriation was transferred to other departments.
The following is the Report submitted to the Board of Health by the Public Health Nurse. Since a large portion of the health work is done in the schools, in co-operation with the teachers and the superintendent, that the Board of Health may receive no undue credit and that the School De- partment may receive its due share of credit for the work accomplished, the report has been divided into two sections. The first part deals with the health work throughout the Town, the second part takes up the health work in connection with the Schools.
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TO THE WESTFORD BOARD OF HEALTH :
I submit this report of the health work accomplished this year. Although covering about the same ground as in previous years it has been very interesting and has developed especially along the child hygiene line. The foreign mothers are taking more interest and are much easier to ap- proach; instead of locking the doors when they see the nurse coming, they now very often send one of the children to ask her to come and weigh the baby.
The Board of Health held a Health Day at Abbot Hall, in Forge Village. early in June. About 55 babies and children were weighed and measured. Dr. Mary Putnam. of the Child Welfare Bureau of Boston, was present and gave some very good advice and made many helpful suggestions to mothers for the care of their babies.
The contagious work has been varied. Measles and whooping-cough (the latter confined mostly to Forge Village) have been prevalent among the children of pre-school and school age.
The townspeople are realizing more the necessity of reporting con- tagious diseases to the Board of Health. Several cases were reported during the year which had not been seen by a physician, the parents would not think the case serious enough. If they could not be persuaded to consult a doctor a great deal more follow-up work was necessary.
Number of communicable diseases reported for the year 1921.
Measles 76
Whooping-cough
75
Chicken-Dox 13
Scarlet Fever
11
Tuberculosis
6
Lobar Pneumonia
3
Broncho Pneumonia
₾1
Anterior Poliomyelitis
2
Mumps
2
Diphtheria
2
Typhoid Fever
1
Ophthalmia
1
Number of visits made to communicable diseases.
562
Number of nursing visits.
138
Number of visits to children under school age.
457
Number of instructive and advisory visits to parents.
199
Number of prenatal and postnatal visits.
109
Number of obstrotical cases attended.
9
Number of now babies visited and weighed.
48
Number given ether for minor operations
22
Number of sanitary inspections.
27
Number of patients taken to hospitals for treatment.
26
Number of Dyptheria cultures taken. 12
Number of Rooms fumigated. 11
4 Undertakers' certificates issued.
3 Deaths, Pulmo Tuberculosis.
2 Deaths. Lobar Pneumonia.
1 Death, Typhoid Fever.
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1 Death, Diphtheria.
1 Death, Measles.
1 Death, Whooping Cough.
This year we have many new scholars in the schools, and many of the defects that were found last year have been corrected, but when the school physician made the examinations for 1921 it was found that there is still a great deal of work to be done.
SCHOOLS
Frost, 193 scholars, 39 with enlarged tonsils, 118 with defective teeth.
Cameron, 174 scholars, 45 with enlarged tonsils, 106 with defective teeth. Sargent, 171 scholars, 28 with enlarged tonsils, 72 with defective teeth. Parkerville, 21 scholars, 3 with enlarged tonsils, 15 with defective teeth.
A great many of the children who were under weight last year have made the standard. At present there are only one set of scales, so that all the children have not been weighed since the fall term, but new scales are to be purchased with some of the money from the Christmas Seal sale, and a regular weight chart will be kept for each child.
During the winter and spring terms the modern health crusade was started in all the schools. The children were much interested and most all tried to follow the rules.
A portion of the Christmas Seal money was used for this purpose. It was not possible to start again in the fall term. In May, to stimulate interest among the children in matters of health, the Board of Health offiered to the school children of the town a first prize of $5.00, second prize of $3.00 and a third prize of $2.00 for the best health cartoon. The contest was open to all school children in the Town of Westford from the 4th to the 8th grades. Any health subject could be selected. Contestants could consult with others as to the subject but the drawing had to be entirely their own.
Under the efficient guidance of the drawing teacher, Miss Millard, the children made very good illustrations.
A Children's Day was held June Sth at Abbot Hall, Forge Village, and the cartoons were finished and ready for exhibition. An entertainment was given by the school children. The program was as follows:
Piano Solo. Maude Whitley
Health Exercise. . First grade, Frost School
Tooth Brush Drill. Second grade, Cameron School
Health Song Fourth and Fifth grades, Sargent School
Walter Camp Exercises Parkerville School
"Passing of the Littlest Pageant". Cameron School
Dr. Simpson, of Lowell, gave a short talk on health, after which the prizes for the Health Cartoon Contest were presented by Alexander A. Cameron.
The judges were Dr. Simpson, of Lowell; Miss Ashley, of Boston, and Miss Martin, of Lynn. The first prize of $5.00 went to Ruth Swenson, age 12, grade 7, Frost School. The second to Regina H. McLenna, age 13,
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grade 7, Cameron School. Third to Aldea Marsonnillier, age 13, grade 4, Cameron School, and fourth to Hazel Sweetser, aged 12, grade 8, Parkerville School.
The following pupils were given honorable mention : John Trask, Maria Cavanaugh, grade 7; Walter Velville, grade 4; George Kimball, grade 7; Priscilla Bennet, grade 5; Joseph Bichard, grade 4; Eliza Pollock, grade 7.
Much credit was due to the teachers who trained the pupils for their parts in the exercises, and to Mr. Knight for his co-operation for the success of the day.
At Parkerville School, most of the children have to bring a cold lunch, the noon hour is too short and the distance too great for them to go home. Mrs. Robbins, the teacher, volunteered to supervise and make hot cocoa each noontime for the children. Utensils, sugar and cocoa were pur- chased with some of the money from the Christmas Seal sale, and the parents are providing the milk. Hot cocoa is proving to be very popular at Parker- ville School.
Number of school visits made 313
Number of absentees visited 166
Number of children sent home from school. 112 Office consultations for minor ailments 173
Number of children examined by school physician 560
Number of children taken to the Lowell General Hospital Clinic for removal of tonsils and adenoids 20
Number of children operated upon for removal of tonsils and adenoids at Abbot Hospital 8
Number of children taken to dentists 8
EVA M. LORD, Public Health Nurse.
APPROPRIATION FOR 1922
The Board desires an appropriation of $3,000.00 this year, $300.00 of which we plan to spend in the exchange of our automobile.
ALEXANDER A. CAMERON, Chairman. EDWARD T. HANLEY, P. HENRY HARRINGTON. FABYAN PACKARD, Board of Health Physician,
EVA M. LORD, Public Health Nurse.
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Report of Demonstration Work in Agriculture and Home Economics in Westford for the Year Ending December 31, 1921.
An appropriation of $250 was made at the annual town meeting for demonstration work under the direction of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics. Following is a report of the work done by this organization in the town of Westford :
Agents of the Bureau made 86 farm and home visits in the town during the year.
The County Agricultural Agent conducted an extension school, a dairy barn meeting and three poultry demonstrations, which had a total attendance of 222. He also spoke twice at the Middlesex North Agricultural Society Institutes which were well attended by Westford farmers. Field demon- strations in potato seed selection and orchard management took place on several farms in the town. Automobile tours were arranged for the benefit of those interested in alfalfa growing, poultry and raising sunflowers for silage.
The Home Demonstration Agent conducted a one-day extension school.
The Club Agents held 42 meetings with boys' and girls' clubs and a large public exhibit was given in connection with the Grange and at the Groton Fair. William Carver was second prize winner in the county in the pig club. The Misses Ruth and Edna Sargent were leaders of summer club work and winter club work was under the volunteer leadership of the teachers of the schools. The enrollment for the year was as follows : Home Economics, 50; canning, 12; garden, 9; pig, 8.
At a program meeting held in December, plans for the coming year were made and it was decided that the Agricultural Agent should conduct an extension school, a dairy barn meeting, poultry and pruning demonstra- tions and a poultry automobile trip. The Home Demonstration Agent will work with the women on problems of nutrition and household management.
W. OTIS DAY, Director
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Westford Water Company
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
Total cost of construction to Jan. 1, 1922. $95,311.42
A STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FROM JANUARY 1, 1921 TO JANUARY 1, 1922
RECEIPTS
Water Rates
52 Hydrants
$ 2,080.00
Town Hall
32.00
Library
28.00
Schools
222.00
Town Farm
50.00
Keyes House
9.34
Whitney Playground
10.00
Subscribers
8,548.86
$10,980.20
EXPENDITURES
Interest Account Net
$ 1,653.70
Fuel
167.80
Power
2,066.09
Oil
45.20
Wages
1,912.89
Supplies
69.48
Repairs
285.94
Salaries
350.00
Expense Account
345.78
Taxes
343.93
Insurance
23.46
Service Connections
85.26
7,349.53
Net profit for the year ending Dec. 31, 1921. . . . $ 3,630.67
CHARLES O. PRESCOTT, Treasurer.
Middlesex, ss.
Westford, Mass., Jan. 14, 1922.
Then personally appeared Charles O. Prescott and made oath that the above is a true statement of the cost of construction of the Westford Water Supply System to January 1, 1922, and of the receipts and expenditures of the Westford Water Company from January 1, 1921 to January 1, 1922, before me.
CHARLES L. HILDRETH,
Justice of the Peace.
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Tax Collector's Report
TAXES OF 1921 REMAINING UNPAID JANUARY 20, 1922
Andrew G. Anderson
$ 44.88
Joseph Belanger
8.88
Delia Boynton heirs
101.13
John P. Brown.
10.00
Henry Bechard
5.00
Benjamin R. Caunter
72.50
Gertrude M. Comstock
37.50
Amie Dureault
11.25
Almon E. Downing
49.50
Mary E. Downing
55.00
Agnes Dunn
32.50
Harry N. Fletcher
268.00
John Fredette
15.00
Fuller, Lawton & Lawton
23.13
William E. Green
67.75
Phonsie Isles
30.00
Edgar A. Mann.
9.50
Ernest J. Pelchie
5.00
William H. Perkins
8.75
Ella Perkins
16.25
William Poulapouloz
35.63
John D. Prarias
127.50
Albert Reeves
17.50
Joseph Regnier
4.00
Carl V. Swenson
37.50
Boyd L. Trask.
3.75
Velengas & Son
81.12:
Asa B. Wheeler
78.75
Edmund Whitney
10.00
John Wigley
5.75
Israel Worcester Heirs
75.00
Cutler F. Winchester.
17.50
James M. Wright.
7.50
William N. Wyman.
32.50
NON-RESIDENT
Wells Blanchard
$ 8.75
Thomas N. Doyle.
10.00
Joseph Dupuis
1.50
John H. Eacret.
100.00
Harry C. Greene
7.50
Bruce O. Johnson
10.00
James J. Jeffrey
5.00
Adolph Loiselle
2.50
.
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Henry A. Murdock
$ 2.50
Nellie O'Brien
12.50
Geo. A. Parker Heirs.
2.50
Parsons & Lecam
2.50
Warren H. Sherman.
1.25
$1.572.02
Paid since January 1st
654.66
$2,226.68
L. W. WHEELER,
Tax Collector.
Report of Committee on Roads.
The committee elected to report on some general system of improvement toward permanent betterment of the highways labor under considerable difficulty if it is to be made from the usual appropriations for highway purposes. With the enormous increase of travel by automobiles and trucks over horse-drawn vehicles, the amount yearly appropriated is only enough to keep our nearly 100 miles of road safe for travel. Last year $14,000 was appropriated for roads. For the improvement of the Lowell Road to Brook- side $1,000 was expended with $500 from the county. Nearly $5,000 was used for road oil, leaving about $8,000 for general repairs, which was not enough to do any permanent work. It is easy for anyone to say that we should have a regular system wherein we can have a mile or more each year of permanent road built. But it takes money to do it. There is plenty of most excellent material at hand if properly prepared, but in doing so we need a stone crusher, dump trucks, steam roller, gasoline loader and road oil. All of this costs money and if the town is willing to do it a special appropriation should be made for this purpose, outside of the appropriation for repairs. The road building question is getting to be appalling, it is so considered by the Massachusetts Division of Highways. What seems to be the right way to build roads one year is found to be a failure in a year or so on account of the tremendous traffic that increases each year.
The roads of Westford compare very favorably with other towns. We would recommend a specific appropriation for any section of road that is to be rebuilt in a permanent manner under the direction of a competent en- gineer.
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER. OSCAR R. SPALDING, FRANK L. FURBUSH, P. HENRY HARRINGTON, HERBERT V. HILDRETH,
Committee.
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Report of the Overseers of the Poor for the Year 1921.
Income for 1921-
Income from Farm and Home $ 1,167.98
Paid out for the Year 1921- Home Farm Expenses $ 2,985.55
Salary
1,156.20 $ 4,141.75
Number of inmates during the year 9
Number of inmates December 31
Number of transfers during the year 4
Number in lockup during the year 15
Repairs
$100.00
Payment on Account of Outdoor Poor ---
Under provision of Chapter 763, Acts 1913 .. $ 2,937.00
Town Outdoor Aid 1,082.40
$
4,019.40
Reimbursements-
Received from Public Welfare $ 1,947.70
Received from Other Sources 380.65 $ 2,328.35
· Summary --
Payment on Account Outdoor Aid $ 4,019.40
Reimbursements 2,328.35
$ 1,691.05
Reimbursements due
$ 1,849.90
Statement-
Draft on Town Treasurer
$
8,161.15
Reimbursements due
1,849.90 $ 6,311.25
Net Expense of Home Farm $ 2,966.77
Net Expenses of Outdoor Aid 1,603.14 $ 4,569.91
Appraisal of Personal Property at Home Farm-
House
$ 1,096.75
Outside
1,765.25 $ 2,862.00
WESLEY O. HAWKES, Chairman, FRED R. BLODGETT, Secretary, SAMUEL H. BALCH, Overseers of the Poor.
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SCHEDULE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT HOME FARM
3 Fire Extinguishers $ 24.00
Washing Powder
14.00
Canned Fruit and Vegetables 98.00
Groceries
50.00
12 Bedsteads and Bedding
250.00
14 Stands
3.60
6 Chests of Drawers
10.00
Crockery
8.00
6 Stoves
20.00
1 Copper Kettle
1.50
Brooms and Brushes
13.50
1 Cabinet Chair
5.00
10 Tables
9.00
1 Extension Table
7.00
Common Chairs
10.00
400 feet Fire Hose, 2 Nozzles, 2 Spanners
65.00
6 Dining Chairs
3.00
Table Linen
15.00
Oil Cloth Carpet
20.00
Storm Windows and Doors
22.50
1 Wheel Chair
9.00
Vegetables
21.00
Miscellaneous Small Articles
272.40
Total Personal Property of Home
$ 951.50
Personal at Barn
1,919.50
Total
$ 2,871.00
2 Sulky Plows 40.00
1 Two-Horse Cultivator 45.00
Horse-Weeder 5.00
2 Two-Horse Wagons
120.00
2 Manure Spreaders
125.00
1 Two-Horse Mower 15.00
2 Hay Tedders
20.00
1 Gas Engine with Saw
100.00
1 Two-Horse Sled
40.00
1 Two-Horse Tip Cart.
20.00
1 Cutaway Harrow
15.00
Smoothing Harrow
10.00
Spring Tooth Harrow
9.00
Land Roller
20.00
Horse Rake
15.00
One-Horse Wagon Gear
15.00
7 Tons Hay
175.00
92 Hens 184.00
Log Chains
10.00
Express Harness
35.00
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Double Harness 35.00
Light Harness
6,00
1 Feed Boiler
25.00
1 Fan Mill
2.00
Grass Seeder
5.00
Corn on the Ear
35.00
2 Cows
100.00
2 Horses 450.00
4 Horse Blankets 18.50
Lumber 125.00
Fire Wood
75.00
Miscellaneous
25.00
$
1,919.50
W. E. WRIGHT, W. OTIS DAY, ROBERT PRESCOTT,
Appraisers.
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
As Sealer of Weights and Measures for the Town of Westford, I submit the following report for the year 1921 :
Number of Platform Scales over 5,000 pounds capacity 10
Number of Platform Scales under 5,000 pounds capacity 50
Number of Computing Scales 10
All Other Scales 38
Total 108
Number of Weights Sealed 196
Number of Weights Condemned
6
Total 202
Number of Liquid Measures Sealed 12
Number of Kerosene Pumps Sealed 8
Number of Gasoline Pumps Sealed 1.0
Number of Molasses Pumps Sealed 6
Yard Sticks 6
ALBERT A. HILDRETH, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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Assessors' Report for the Year 1921
Value of Buildings, April 1, 1921
$1,516,235.00
Value of Land, April 1, 1921.
673,855.00
Value of Personal Estate, April 1, 1921
889,337.00
$3,079,427.00
- MONEY APPROPRIATED
Roads and Bridges
$ 14,000.00
Snow Removal
2,000.00
Electric Lights
3,800.00
Tools
200.00
Guide Boards
100.00
Silent Signals
300.00
Public Library
1,900.00
Commission Public Burial Ground
150.00
General Fund
4,000.00
Salaries
4,000.00
Notes and Interest
3,151.00
Support of Poor
4,500.00
Police Department
2,000.00
Public Schools
41,000.00
School Physician
200.00
Moth Department
1,700.00
Outstanding Bills
4.532.0S
Headquarters Westford Post 159 A. L ..
200.00
Stand of Colors Westford Post 159 A. L.
175.00
Repair Cottage House Fire Department
1,000.00
Board of Health
3,845.00
Band Concerts
350.00
Fish and Game Warden, Salary
50.00
Fish and Game Warden, Expense
25.00
Memorial Day
300.00
Agricultural and Home Economics
250.00
Fire Department
1,100.00
Forest Fires
500.00
Hydrants
2,360.00
$ 97,688.08
Overlay
1,530.00
State Taxes
14,660.96
County Taxes
5,845.77
Total amount appropriated
$ 119.724.81
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Income from State.
$
34,267.99
Income from Other Sources
3,116.14
Income from Taxes
82,340.68
$ 119,724.81
Number of Polls
765
Number of Horses
280
Number of Cows
678
Number of Sheep
17
Number of Neat Cattle.
258
Number of Swine
93
Number of Fowl
4,717
Dwelling Houses
725
Acres of Land
18,000
ABATEMENTS GRANTED IN 1921
Elvira E. Leavitt
$ 6.88
Omer Poisson
10.10
Albert Blanchard
5.00
Fred Hubbard
5.00
De Wolf
5.00
Moise Fontaine
7.20
Marcus J. Cole
15.00
Harriet Sargent Heirs
52.50
Geo. A. Kimball
20.00
Edmund De La Haye
23.75
Wm. H. Johnson
5.00
Susan M. Rigby
2.50
Nathaniel R. Whitney
1.25
Joseph Cantara
6.25
Albert Reeves
5.00
Harry O. Hartford
1.25
Anson L. Griffin
15.00
Robert A. Johnson
26.25
Parkhurst & Day
1.25
Parkhurst & Dutton
5.00
Raymond Hobson
2.50
Haywood & Fletcher Heirs
12.50
Phillip Canton
3.75
Frank C. Hildreth
3.75
Emma M. Wright
5.00
Orion V. Wells Heirs
2.50
Frank P. Lyons
12.50
Ella L. Miller
7.50
Arthur G. Hildreth
27.50
Fredolph A. Hanson
5.00
Adam Lapineusky
12.50
Lionel Goucher
20.00
Chas. M. Griffin, Jr.
2.50
Edgar A. Mann
65.13
55
Phonsie Isles
$ 11.25
Emily F. Fletcher
11.25
Sherman H. Fletcher
6.25
Chas. O. Prescott
12.00
Alice M. Abbot
50.00
Gustaff Eliason
31.25
$384.11
W. E. WRIGHT, ELBERT H. FLAGG, J. W. FLETCHER. Assessors.
Report of the Committee in Charge of the Whitney Playground.
Your committee hereby submits the following report :
The grounds have been kept in excellent condition by Mr. Willey M. Wright, and have been used and enjoyed by many people during the past year.
We have purchased a power lawn mower which was much needed, and it gave satisfaction.
For financial report see Town Accountant's report.
OSCAR R. SPALDING. HERBERT V. HILDRETH, CHARLES L. HILDRETH.
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Report of Police Department
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